London Welsh lose appeal over fielding Tyson Keats

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London Welsh fielded Keats in ten games despite him being ineligibleMatthew LewisGetty Images

Mark Cue

Last updated at 1:14PM, March 26 2013

London Welsh’s fight to remain in the Aviva Premiership has suffered a major
blow after the club lost their appeal against a five-point deduction for
fielding an ineligible player, Tyson Keats, in ten games.

The RFU also announced that the club must pay their £15,000 fine for failing
to register the New Zealand-born scrum half, within 21 days. However, a
further five-point penalty that was suspended until the end of next season
has been removed.

London Welsh said that they were “extremely disappointed” by the decision to
uphold the fine and points deduction but welcomed the removal of the
suspended